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3/16/2008

Transportation Headlines for Sunday March 16, 2008

16-year-olds set world flight records
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_8589471
Press Telegram

Burbank Boulevard beautification is nearly done
http://www.burbankleader.com/articles/2008/03/15/news/blr-burbank15.txt
Burbank Leader

Homes project is at a crossroads - L.A. City Council set to take up the 6-year-old Las Lomas plan, to be built at two busy freeway
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-laslomas16mar16,0,1081965.story
Los Angeles Times

Introducing the MetroRiderLA Forum
http://metroriderla.com/2008/03/16/introducing-the-metroriderla-forum/
MetroRiderLA

Metrolink Board Considers Fare Increase
http://californianewswire.com/2008/03/15/CNW1159_154922.php
California Newswire

Port trucking system needs overhaul
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_8587887
Daily Breeze

Separation of Inland rails, roads gains ground
http://snipurl.com/21wsi

Sprinter gets good reviews, for most part
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080316-9999-1mc16sprint.html
San Diego Union Tribune

Stretch of Highway 91 to get carpool lane in project that won't start before 2011
http://snipurl.com/21wtq
Press Enterprise

Target: Rail yard - Air board, railroad tackling emissions
http://www2.sbsun.com/ci_8580556
San Bernardino Sun

Want the Big Blue Bus to meet the subway?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/03/want-the-big-bl.html
Los Angeles Times/Emerald City Blog

War's price tag - The Iraq conflict will raid our wallets for years to come, with California taking a huge hit
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-bilmes16mar16,0,3162208.story
Los Angeles Times